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Static Expected For EBay's Skype On The IPhone Wall Street Journal By Ben Charny SAN FRANCISCO (Dow Jones)--Internet telephony companies hitching their fortunes to Apple Inc.'s (AAPL) iPhone are getting a busy signal. On Tuesday, Skype, an Internet phone service owned by eBay Inc. (EBAY), debuted on the iPhone, ... Report: two distinct iPhone models nearing production Apple Insider Users Call Skype App For iPhone 'Buggy' ChannelWeb Skype Midterm Report New York Times New York Daily News - Bizjournals.com all 732 news articles

The rest of the mobile industry might be gearing up for CTIA to start, but Apple's phone elves are toiling away -- iPhone OS 3.0 beta 2's just been released to developers, along with the go-ahead to start developing for push notifications. Thankfully, beta 2 also apparently includes a number of stability and performance enhancements, which will hopefully make our tester phone tolerable again -- we've been restarting beta 1 basically every day since we sacrificed it to the hands-on gods. Devs and beta testers know what to do to snag the upgrade, let us know how it goes!

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iPhone 3.0 beta 2 released, push notifications are a go originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 31 Mar 2009 17:34:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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The rest of the mobile industry might be gearing up for CTIA to start, but Apple's phone elves are toiling away -- iPhone OS 3.0 beta 2's just been released to developers, along with the go-ahead to start developing for push notification service. Thankfully, beta 2 also apparently includes a number of stability and performance enhancements, which will hopefully make our tester phone tolerable again -- we've been restarting beta 1 basically every day since we sacrificed it to the hands-on gods. Devs and beta testers know what to do to snag the upgrade, let us know how it goes!

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iPhone 3.0 beta 2 released, push notifications are a go originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 31 Mar 2009 17:34:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Clearwire Offers iPhone WiMax Hotspot eWeek,  NY By Roy Mark Promising faster Internet speeds than existing 3G networks, Clearwire rolls out a 4G WiMax portable router that can wirelessly connect to up eight devices, including the Apple iPhone, select Blackberry devices or Windows Mobile phones, ... Review: Clearwire offers Wi-Fi hotspots anywhere, anytime The Oregonian - OregonLive.com Clearwire Transforms Wi-Fi Devices with the CLEAR(TM) Spot ... MarketWatch (press release) all 22 news articles

The second iPhone 3.0 Beta is now available, and developers can go download it immediately from Apple's iPhone dev page.

No idea what bugs it fixes or if it improves speed and stability at all, but it's new, and you like new things. [iPhone via Gearlive]

Update: A developer reader tells us that it does feel much snappier, especially in the scrolling area.

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There's a whole lot of promise in the Watchmen: Justice is Coming game for iPhone/iPod touch. Unfortunately, the game is beset by some bugs and gameplay fumbles. The more I played, the more I got used to the quirks, but eventually there's a certain monotony to the game that left me rather unsatisfied. Hopefully, as Mike reported, Last Legion Games will take note and keep improving the experience. I'm not saying it is bad -- it is an amazing glimpse into the power of Apple's mobile platform -- but it's more a tech demo at this point than finished game.

The gallery will take you through most everything in the game that I've found thus far. Essentially you start with a male or female character, do a cute "personality test" and your stats are generated. Your bikini-clad crimefighter is born, and aside from a username/password for accessing the server, there's not much customization you can do -- yet. As you go through the streets you're able to check dumpsters, where you'll pick up more costume parts. As you fight more bad guys (there are preset NPC's throughout, but you can also challenge other human-powered characters -- this is a MMO, after all), you'll get more experience and you can eventually level up and enhance various skills.

Life in the game is simple, but there's a story too. In fact, the game has a point system based on your random adventures as well as points for the story. So you can ditch the story and wander around, or you can focus on finding your sister. I won't spoil any more of the story, but it's not bad, and the progression is well done. If you're a fan of the GTA series, where you can wander around or go on missions, you may be a little disappointed. There aren't missions, really. Just one story arc and a bunch of random encounters to be had.

I haven't finished the game, but I will say that, after I rebooted my iPhone to stop the incessant crashing, I find myself playing Watchmen every other day or so. Keep reading for more about the good, the bad, and the ugly in Watchmen: Justice is Coming.

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TUAWWatchmen: Justice is Coming is an impressive tech demo originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Tue, 31 Mar 2009 15:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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ABC News

Report: two distinct iPhone models nearing production Apple Insider, VA By Katie Marsal A little-known equity research firm is out with a new report this week which could potentially shed some color on recent discoveries in Apple's iPhone 3.0 beta software that suggest two architecturally unique iPhones may be in the cards ... Users Call Skype App For iPhone 'Buggy' ChannelWeb Skype, the popular voice-over-Internet service, comes to iPhone ... New York Daily News Skype coming to the iPhone, BlackBerry Bizjournals.com VentureBeat - Dallas Morning News all 680 news articles

We have an absurd amount of prizes to give away at our Snowmodo event on Saturday April 4th at Northstar, so if you're planning on attending you'll have a very good chance of winning something.

Thanks to all the companies that are participating in Snowmodo we are able to offer all this stuff, and then some, to our readers who attend.

Want to see exactly what you could win, well here you go:

Zune: Zune Players.
AKG: AKG hooded sweaters. AKG earbuds and the demoed AKG headphones.
Nokia: Three Nokia N96s.
North Face: 10 Flyweight Rucksack packs. 10 Khumbu Jackets.
OtterBox: Five OtterBox Defender Series for iPhone 3G cases.
Vudu: VUDU box.
Ardica: Mountain Hardwear jacket with an Ardica Moshi system.
Nixon: Headphones.
Griffin: 25 AeroSport armband for Zune. 25 Streamline armband for iPhone. 20 AeroSport armband for iPod classic. 20 AeroSport armband for iPod nano.96 TuneBuds.
GoPro: 2 GoPro Helmet HERO Wide camera kits.
LibTech: Mystery Item.
Casio: EXILIM EX-FH20 Camera.

For more information regarding our Snowmodo event you can check here. If you're planning on attending and haven't already illed out the RSVP form below, please do. Thanks!
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Appiphilia: Taxicab confessions of an iPhone user Los Angeles Times, CA I made it as far as the bagel joint when I decided it was time to summon a taxi using my iPhone -- not by placing a regular call, but by firing up the Taxi Magic app. What it is: an app that turns your iPhone into a hand-held taxi hailer. ... iPhone App Promises “Taxi Magic” Cult of Mac Hail a Cab With Your Phone "Taxi Magic" lets you hail cab, pay fare NBC Chicago all 4 news articles

Macworld

Tetsuki for iPhone Macworld, CA But you can also use your iPhone or iPod touch to play go on one server, IGS, the Internet Go Server, using Tetsuki, a free program. In Control: Here’sa game being played in Tetsuki. You can see the control bezel below the game board that gives you ... Playing go on the Mac Macworld all 2 news articles